discommode

Example Sentences

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"Our theory," explains Rich, "is that 95% of the people are honest, and we're not going to discommode 95 people to root out the other five."

From Time Magazine Archive

“I fear I shall discommode you:” it is better to say, incommode.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

Gentlemen, I am sorry to discommode you, but I have orders to intercept all persons entering the city, and hold them until they can satisfactorily account for themselves.

From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan

That wouldn’t discommode none of you folks, and I’d sort of feel as if I was giving you your money’s worth.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

Moreover, the bonds were apparently of some broad, soft substance like sacking or harness webbing, so that, after Bob had moved from his constrained position, they did not excessively discommode him.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward